AO of the year

Successful delivery of ESB virtual training!

One happy Centre! Junior Prep School of the Year finalist The Hampshire School Chelsea was delighted with their recent ESB training session. Ahead of their assessments, teachers from the school attended a virtual qualification training session delivered by our Senior Speech Assessor, Lulu Dale.

Charis King, Head of Drama, says: “Thank you so much for your absolutely brilliant and energetic training! It was incredibly helpful and enjoyable. I’m so grateful to have so many new activities and ideas and I’m really looking forward to sharing these with our form tutors and children. Our Head, Dr Edmonds is very pleased that we are integrating ESB into the curriculum.”

At ESB, we aim to ensure all centres and learners feel supported from the outset right through to completion of their ESB journey, ensuring all learners develop and enhance their oracy skills in an encouraging environment, focusing on their personal growth and confidence.

ESB Senior Assessor, Lulu Dale

Enabling our learners to develop the lifelong skills that they demonstrate in their ESB assessments, in the most effective way possible, is of paramount importance to us and we offer bespoke training for centres at all levels. But our support and guidance for centres doesn’t stop there! Our registered centres are also able to access resources and teacher guides to assist them in preparation for each qualification along the way.

Says Lulu, “ I really enjoyed leading the session! I love inspiring teachers with ideas and showing them how to use the criterion to support the teaching and learning process. It is so exciting to be part of their pupils’ learning journeys. Together, we are helping to give them a voice and to develop communication skills which will serve them both in the classroom and in to their lives beyond.”

ESB’s Chief Executive, Tina Renshaw, adds, “We really welcome this positive feedback. All centre feedback is carefully considered and valued as it keeps us in touch with our centres and ultimately gives us the knowledge to provide the best service we can. We support our teachers whether they are very skilled or new to explicit Oracy teaching. Our external assessment is a validation of the teaching that has occurred as well as providing feedback to the learners for the Oracy skills and knowledge they have demonstrated.”

Delivering training sessions to centres is just the beginning of their learners’ ESB journey…..

Our speech qualifications build confidence in learners, which is key to unlocking their potential and raising achievement. Preparing today’s learner for tomorrow’s world is something we are passionate about.

Are you interested in finding out more about the type of training sessions available to your centre? Please don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing business@esbuk.org.

If you would like further information about the speech qualifications that we provide, please click here.

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